Sources for HOPE BOWDLER

This guide gives a brief introduction to the variety of sources available for the parish of Hope Bowdler at Shropshire Archives.

Printed sources:.

General works - These may also be available at Church Stretton library

Eyton, Antiquities of Shropshire Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological Society Shropshire Magazine Trade Directories which give a history of the town, main occupants and businesses, 1828-1941 Victoria County History of Shropshire Parish Packs Monumental Inscriptions

Small selection of more specific texts (search http://search.shropshirehistory.org.uk for a more comprehensive list) QE32.6 v.f. Hope Bowdler Tithe Apportionments 1843 QE64 Fordritishope: History of a Shropshire parish, Hope Bowdler, Ragdon and Chelmick – Alan Dakers QE63 v.f. Hope Bowdler Court Rolls 1428-1662 – transcribed by Odericus Vitalis Group – Sylvia Watts

Hope Bowdler church after it was rebuilt in 1863 from www.secretshropshire.org.uk website 6009/107

Sources on microfiche or film:

Parish and non-conformist church registers

Baptisms Marriages / Banns Burials Parish 1567-1812 1567-1752, 1814-1837 1567-1812 church 1813-1875 on microfilm 1837-1875 on microfilm 1813-1875 on 1563-1994 (index only) 1837-2006 originals microfilm only 1563-1994 index only 1563-1994 index only 1755-1811 Banns Methodist records - see Methodist Circuit Records (Reader’s Ticket needed)

Census returns 1841, 1851(indexed), 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901 Census returns for the whole country to 1911 can be looked at on the Ancestry website

Maps Ordnance Survey maps 25” to the mile and 6 “to the mile, c1880, c1901 (OS reference: old series LVI.10 new series SO 4792 Tithe map of c 1840 and apportionment (list of owners/occupiers)

Newspapers Shrewsbury Chronicle, 1772 onwards (NB from 1950 as originals only – Reader’s Ticket required) Shropshire Star, 1964 onwards

Archives:

To see these sources you need a Shropshire Archives Reader's Ticket.

School Records ED1564/139-141 Plans of school 19th century ED2699/39/31 Manager’s returns

Records of Local Authorities and Institutions PL4 Church Stretton Union Workhouse records- see http://search.shropshirehistory.org.uk for catalogue Q Quarter Sessions - see http://search.shropshirehistory.org.uk for catalogue

Estate records - See www.shropshirehistory.org.uk for catalogue SC/3/25 Sales catalogue for Hope Bowdler Estae 1921 5652 Sales catalogue of the Manor and Advowson of the Hope Bowdler Estate 1828 809 Benson of Lutwych Hall (The entire estate falls within the scope of Volume X of The Victoria History of Shropshire (ed. G C Baugh), Oxford, 1998.) See www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/mdr for manorial records

Other records Wills for Shropshire post 1858 (pre 1858 – see Hereford Diocesan Record Office) Photographs and Postcards And much much more!

Shropshire Archives Castle Gates, Shrewsbury SY1 2AQ, tel 01743 255350, fax 01743 255355 e-mail:[email protected] website: www.shropshirearchives.org.uk